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Thursday, November 20, 2014

The Goodreads MM Romance Group nominations for best books of 2014 are out, and...holy crap. I'm blown away! I've probably miscounted, since I ran out of fingers and toes, but I think it's 33 nominations all up!

So thanks to everyone who nominated me, and thanks to my awesome co-writers, JA Rock & Heidi Belleau, and thanks especially to everyone who read something I wrote this year!

And here are my nominations:

Woot!

When All the World SleepsAnother Man's TreasureSweetwater

The Boy Who BelongedMark Cooper versus AmericaWhen All the World Sleeps

Another Man's TreasureMark Cooper versus AmericaWhen All the World Sleeps

When All the World Sleeps

Mark Cooper versus AmericaBrandon Mills versus the V-Card

Another Man's TreasureBlissKing of Dublin

Another Man's TreasureWhen All the World Sleeps

Sweetwater

Another Man's TreasureBliss

Brandon Mills versus the V-CardThe Dreams You Made in the Dirt

The Boy Who Belonged

Bliss

Sweetwater

The Dreams You Made in the Dirt

Brandon Mills versus the V-CardThe Dreams You Made in the Dirt

The Dreams You Made in the Dirt

Mark Cooper versus AmericaBrandon Mills versus the V-Card

Wow. That is just insane, right? And just about the best end to the year that I could hope for!

Monday, November 10, 2014

Well, I’m back from GRL. Okay, I know everyone’s probably
already finished talking about GRL since they all got home ages ago, but I only
got home last week. If I had to fly halfway around the world to go to GRL, I
was taking some extra time to see some of the US while I was at it.

I met some wonderful people at GRL, way too numerous to
mention here. Seriously, I’m not mentioning names because I know that I’ll
leave someone out. A special shout out has to go to JA Rock and Lori Toland, my roomies. And, of course, my favourite roomie - the professor. OMG, look at that face:

It was fantastic to meet all those people I’ve only ever
met online before – the readers, the bloggers, and the other writers who make
the MM community a great place to be.

I had quite a few fangirl moments, and was totally
gobsmacked when some people had them in relation to me. In fact, I thinkI’m still gobsmacked about that. To me,
writing is something that happens at odd hours of the night when I’m in my
pyjamas and rocking out to eighties music. The idea that it somehow produces
real books, let alone real fans, is still incredible to me.

So thankyou to everyone I met, and, if I somehow managed to miss you, I’m going to try very hard to make San Diego.

Meanwhile, while I took the month off from blogging because
I was having too much fun, Brandon Mills versus the V-Card happened. JA Rock and I
are writing the third book in the series now – Liam McDermott versus Authority.
It’s a return to the kink of the first book, and maybe a little more angst.
Let’s just say Liam has some issues.

JA and I are also working on another book in the Boy series
– it’s time to revisit Lane and Derek, and Brin and Ferg and, naturally, Mr.
Zimmerman. While I don’t want to give away any spoilers at this point, I just
want to say that Mr. Zimmerman is going to get soul mate. And, in other Boy
news, The Boy Who Belonged is now available in paperback. Also included in the
paperback is the Brin-centric short story, The Naughty Boy. Yay!

It’s the season of short stories, apparently. JA and I have
one coming out in December, Fall on Your Knees. It’s M/M/m, and a part of Loose
Id’s Rated XXXmas anthology, which is so far scheduled for release on December 16. And it’s
a total, total kinkfest. You will never look at gingerbread the same way again. You’re welcome!

Meanwhile, Heidi Belleau and I wrote a short story for
Riptide’s BDSM anthology, Rules to Live By. Our story is called The Harder They Fall, and did anyone
say daddy kink?

I'll be sharing more about both the anthologies as soon as I can!

So, that’s the state of play at the moment. I’m home, and
I’m trying to get as much work done as I can. And I am not at all spending too
many hours a day reading Sterek fan fiction. Or writing it. Not. At. All…